Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *legeti, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

laigid (conjunct ·laig, verbal noun lige)

  1. to lie down
  2. to be lying down, to sleep
  3. to fall, to set in
  4. to set (of the sun)

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: luigh
  • Manx: lhie
  • Scottish Gaelic: laigh

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
laigid
also llaigid after a proclitic
laigid
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit